Since 1991, numerous labor and employment laws have been enacted and amended, which has dramatically changed the landscape of the work environment in the United States.
What does this mean to employers?
It means that employers today must balance driving results equally with managing risk. It’s a risky proposition today to run a business without having current knowledge of labor laws, sound policies and procedures to mirror the laws, and a well trained HR and leadership team to manage within the boundaries of the laws. Just ask a few organizations that have had to settle legal cases for sexual harassment, religious discrimination, negligent hiring, and wrongful terminations…
We can consult with you, on a flat-fee basis, to provide the HR expertise you and your team need—at a price that works for small business. We can provide legal compliance training for your team to help you avoid costly legal land mines. And, we can help get your HR department operating more strategically and efficiently to save you money. Just click on one of the links for more information about what we do:
- HR Assist Flat-fee HR Consulting
- Labor & Employment Law Training
Today’s work environment is a lot more complex: employees needing more disability and religious accommodations, employee drama involving Facebook and social media, “doing more with less”, an aging workforce, generational diversity and drama…and the list goes on. For many supervisors, trying to juggle employee drama while driving results is pushing many of them into 60+ hour workweeks. Why? Because most supervisors haven’t been properly trained in how to actually lead people. They’re still trying to “manage” tasks and processes when they should be leading people. Here’s a good analogy: Imagine if you were still running Windows ’98 on your PC? The same applies to leadership. Most supervisors are still operating with knowledge of how to manage people from 12 years ago—about the time we had Windows ’98. Yet, the work environment is radically different, the people are different—and the laws are different and more complex. So, it’s time you gave your management team a much needed “human software upgrade”! When you do, they’ll be able to lead their teams more effectively, work more efficiently to regain a better work/life balance, drive performance improvement—and stop stepping on legal land mines that create risk for the organization.
Here is brief summary of some of our leadership programs, facilitated by one of our seasoned faculty members in a classroom setting:
- Essential Skills of Leadership
- Essential Skills of Communicating
- Performance Goals & Standards
- Providing Performance Feedback
- Contemporary Leadership: Managing Employees within the Boundaries of the Law
- Understanding Behavioral Styles
- The Conflict Dynamics Workshop
Sometimes it’s tough to lose key people for a few days to attend a training class. We have a cost-effective solution: RPC Online E-learning via our 90-minute Webinar training programs. Our seasoned HR consultants deliver current, engaging, interactive presentations that provide you and your team with the knowledge and skills development you need—for a fraction of the cost and time.
Check out some of our most popular Webinar programs:
- Employee Relations: How to Keep HR from Being the Complaint Department
- Delegating
- Time Management for HR Professionals: How to Deal with Interruptions, Time Wasters, Email Overload, and Your Own Procrastination
- Changing the Perception of HR
- The Basics of Giving Constructive Feedback—Without Creating Defensiveness and Drama
- How to Investigate FMLA Abuse
- The Basics of USERRA Compliance
- Leadership for HR Professionals: How to Build Relationships with Operations Leaders Who Think You’re Just a “Paper Pusher”